3/14/2024 0 Comments Paruthiveeran last scene![]() Among that category of players K umble was the best" Instead we get crap like this Would you believe that? Somebody has to say " Kumble was an average bowler, who got in because there was nobody else. Sujith Somasunder got an article written about him on his retirement. But comparing Kumble to Ambrose?!!!! There has to be a law against exaggerating the abilities of retiring mediocre cricket players. But whats with this Anand Vasu's retirement-eulogy in cric info? I understand Kumble is retiring and journalists are obligated to say some crap like 'fighter' 'gentle giant' ' die hard' etc. ![]() I guess beauty lies in the beholder's eyes. His economy rate is the worst for someone who is being hailed as accurate.Īnyway enough of my Kumble rant. He consistently bowled one or two balls down the leg-side every over, could never ever ever bowl decently to left handers. Calling him 'accurate' made my blood boil. Ajit Wadekar, might have had to personally go and dig up our pitches so that Kumble can take his 5- fors. Imagine Kumble's biggest competitors were Venkatapathy Raju, Rajesh Chauhan, Sairaj Bahatule, Aashish Kapoor, and later Harbajan Singh. His selection for better part of 17 years can be attributed to the complete lack of alternate spin talent. Especially about this Anil Kumble retirement. ![]() I wasn't going to write anything about cricket. ![]()
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